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Forty young men from Jackson
County will leave at 8:45
tomorrow (Friday) morning, to
begin their training in the United
States Army. They will leave
from the* Community House by
bus.
The men who will go in this
consignment are James Lafayp[[e
\vall, Elmer Lafayette
Franklin. Theodore Hensley,
Eugene Rogers, Albert Jesse
swart. David Isom Franks,
Frank Ulas Harris, Marian Edpr;1|'
Adams. Kenneth Bryson
James Candler Frady,
William Radford Guffey, John
Wesley Bumgarner, James Bas
Brown. Estes Webster, Thomas
Newton Dills. Julius Oscar Wats(>n.
Willard Lawton Coggins,
Vessie Cleveland Mathis, Joseph
Way Mills. Oscar Wood, Vallie
K Shook. James Oliver Bumearner.
Lloyd Roscoe Messer,
I.aroy Mills, Will L. Stiwinter,
Andrew Parker, Thomas Eugene
picklesimer, Chester Galloway.
Conrad Carroll, Clarence Joe
Jenkins. Hardy Arnold Miller, :
Volley Mitchell Shelton. John
William Keener, Thomas Cordell
Cabe, Clyde Jarvis Norman.
Robert Clayton Hooper, William
Osborne Wilson, Burger Golman '
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George Alfred Watson, Ulyses
Nations.
Throe other young men would
have been in this contingent,
bin they had already enlisted
as volunteers in the army and
marine corps. They are Carlos
Middleton. Woodrow Middleton,
and Ralph Morgan.
Ulyses Nations, registered in
Jackson County, his home; but
has since been living in Washington
State. He will go to the
army from there.
TYPIST EXAMINATION
WILL HELD IN BRYSON
CITY NEXT SATURDAY
I
K civil service examination j
fur stpnno rn rihpr-t.vnist influd
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ing both short hand and typing,
will be In Id at the High School
building in Bryson City, Saturday,
March 21, at 9:30 A. M.,
war time. Typewriters will be
furnished. Any persons ^wishing
to take this examination is requested
to report on time. The
examination will consist solely
on a dictation test at 80 words
per minute in shorthand and
transcription of notes on the
typewriter. No person who can
not take both shorthand and
typing need apply.
superlatipes named
for senior class at
webster hi school
The .senior class of Webster
lias elected the following superlatives:
Prettiest girl, Hazel Sutton;
best looking boy, Walter Paint(,r;
most studious girl, Rita
(,abe; most studious boy,( Clarence
Caglo; cutest girl, Robbie
Sue Hooper, sweetest boy, Wallt*r
Painter; best personality
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aliiy boy. Duane Lewis; best all
i?irl, Rita Cabe; best all
''junci hoy, Duane Lewis; class
donkey oirl. Nina Bumgarner;
(''u^ iinnikey boy, James Payne;
roost optimistic girl, Mattie Lou
Tiirpin; most optimistic boy,
Carlin Cabe; most pessimistic
Kirl. Janet Morgan; most pessimistic
boy; James Payne;
sinariest r?irl. Rita Cabe; smart0s'
boy. Clarence Cagle; most
ori*>nal Rirl, Mattie Lou Turpllr
most, original boy, William
Ashp: wittiest girl, Nina Buml-'arner:
wittiest boy, Carlin
class actress, Nina Bumftarncr;
class actor, Bill Perkins;
(;lass flirt boy, Robert Buchanan^
class flirt, girl, Hilda Barron:
Romeo, Robert Buchanan;
Juliet, Hazel Sutton; class sunshine.
Robbie Sue Hooper; bookWorm.
Rita Cabe, and Bill Perkins.
Most religious girl, Susie
most religious boy, Clar?Continued
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FUNERAL FOR
VETERANHELD
HERE SUNDAY
Funeral services for George W.
Extine were conducted at Love's
Chapel, Sunday afternoon, by
Rev. R. G. Tuttle, pastor of the
Sylva Methodist church. Mr.
Extine, who was 65 years of age,
was a veteran of the SpanishAmerican
war. He was born and
reared in Jackson county, and
for many years was an employee
of the Armour Leather Company
here. He was a faithful
member of the church, and was
for a long time superintendent
of the Sunday School at Wesley's
chapel.
Mr. Extine died in the Veterans'
hospital in Atlanta, following
an illness of several
months. He is survived by his
widow, one daughter, one brother,
Henry Extine, and by other
relatives.
CADET LOVEDAHL IS
TRANSFERRED TO
KELLY FIELD, TflXAS
Cadet John O. Lovedahl, son
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dahl, of Cowarts, has been
transferred from the Pilot Replacement
Center, Kelly Field,
Texas, to the Ritchie Flying
School, Vernon, Texas. Before
going Xo Jhe Replacement Renter,
Cadet tovedahl enlis?ed*7dr
a three year service in the Air
Corps as a private, last July.
After serving for a while with
that rank, he was discharged
and accepted as a flying cadet.
He received his education at
Clemson College and at Western
Carolina, Cullowhee.
PROGRAMS FINISHED
ON MISSION STUDY
Sunday, March 15 concludes a
series of four programs of mission
study on, "Children Around
the World" given by the Children's
Division of Christian Education
of the Methodist church.
These programs for the children
have been under the leadership
of Mrs| J. Walter Hartmann
and Mrs. Charles Thomas. Posters
and scrap books illustrate
the work done by Methodist
missions throughout the world.
Light refreshments have been
served at each session, by the
ladies of the church.
On Sunday, March 22, Rev. R.,
G. Tuttle will have a special
service for the children, in which
they will take part. Their work
will be on display.
The Navy puts lime and charcoal
on vegetables to keep them
fresh.
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COUIS MIS
FROM H10IDI1I
The following letter has been
received by The Journal, from
Private William C. Collins, who
is located with Battery L, 64th,
C. A. (AA), at Fort Shafter, Territory
of Hawaii.
Mr. Collins said: "To the Citizens
of Jackson County: I wish
to thank you for the carton of
cigarettes, although I don't
smoke myself, but I had a lot
of buddies who do, so I gave
them to the boys with the best
wishes from the people of Jackson
County, and they said,
"Thanks A Million". We are dollar
nnr hpsrt, for the cause of
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democracy, and remember that,
"Just a breeze is a Japanese".
If and when the Japs come back,
we will be ready for them. Remember
Pearl Harbor.".
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MRS. J. W. SMtlll
WRITES EM
BOMBAY, INDIA
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Z. Candler
have received the following,
letter written by their daughter,
Mrs. John Wilson Smith, from
Bombay, India, on December 22.
Mrs. Smith is now on her way
to Sylva.
Mrs. Smith said in her letter:
"Well, I suppose that this will
be the last' letter I shall write
in the year 1941. But I have no
regret, and when time and bells
say goodbye to this year I will
feel no regret then, for 1941 has
been an unhappy year, full of
tragedy and sorrow. Let us pray
that the New Year will mark
the beginning of the year that
will bring an end to strife.
"We have written and mailed
our Christmas letter long ago.
I have also sent.you another
record. I find that both are on
the boat that left last night. You
may get them and you may not,
for since we last wrote we are
at war.
"It still seems unbelievable
that my country?my people are
at last fighting these little yellow
men. It is hard to believe
that these same little yellow men
could be so daring. Well they
asked for it and they are going
to get it.
"Just two years ago today I
landed at Hongkong. What a
lovely place! What a beautiful
place it was! Think how it must
be now!
"T wnc there a few davs and
then the good ship President
Harrison carried us to Singapore.
I was sorry that she met a
watery grave, though I certainly
am not grieving too much for
those communistic stewards on
that ill fated ship. . I suppose
4fit?fthey arS'nSw-'^avlftg & ttme
trying to get their shoveling
time straightened out with the
old devil. At any rate there will
be no walkouts down there. I
feel like having a good laugh.
"Your cable, the one you sent
after war was declared, was
very cheering. I knew that it
would come. On the same night
that we heard the news of
America's entry into the war, we
were gathered at the club talking
about it, some were wondering
about public opinion over
there. I made this remark; 'Well,
if any one wants to know public
opinion in America just give the
cable lines time to get a cable
from Sylva, North Carolina, U.
S. A. to India and you will know,
for I will wager that within
thirty-six hours I will have a
cable from my family.' And
sure enough, here it came.
"Don't worry about us here.
We are not afraid. I have been
driving an ambulance for some
weeks, and while I am not wearing
my own country's uniform,
I am wearing a British uniform,
and wearing it proudly, for it
represents to me the same ideals
that my countrymen are and,
I too, am willing to die for.
"It will be a terrible victory.
So many will die but, as for
me, it will be worth it to me to
know that the heritage of my
son will not be a world whose
people are bound in slavery and
trodden down by the ruthless
heel of greed. So I am not
afraid.
"Now, I will leave these sad
^nd terrible thoughts and turn
to more pleasant ones. The records
you sent, I play them over
and over again. How lovely they
are and how lovely it is to have
them! When I get lonely for
you all I go straight away and
play those precious records. You
will never know how much
pleasure each dear one of you
has given us, especially you,
Margaret, with your piano number.
You have no idea how many
people have listened to it more
than once. And I was ; quite
overcome about the bathroom. I
have listened to it many times
too, just to make sure. It is a
good laugh for us when we are
feeling blue.
"We ourselves are about to
turn ours into an air raid shelter.
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ra Carolina, Thursday, mai
Cowan Made
License Agent
For Explosives
New regulations prohibiting
the sale of explosives except to
licensed persons or agents, with
stiff penalties for violations,1
have been announced by Roy
M. Cowan, Clerk of the Superior
Court.
The announcement was made
as Mr. Cowan received notice of
his appointment by the United
States department of the Interior
as explosives licensing
agent for Jackson county.
The regulations, with the full
force of law, also prohibit the
sale to unlicensed persons of
more than one ounce of any
drug or other chemical which
can be used in making explosives,
he added.
The penalty, he was informed,
is imprisonment, for not more
than one year or a fine of not
more than $1,000, or both.
MARRIED MEN MAY
GET COMMISSIONS
BY VOLUNTEERING
The War Department has announced
that in the near future
Selective Service registrants who
have been deferred solely because
of dependency will be
given an opportunity to qualify
as officer candidates by volunteering
for induction through
Selective Service, it was stated
today by General J. Van B.
Metts, State Director of Selective
Service.
This policy will make it possi
ble for registrants who have dependents
to obtain commissions,
if they can qualify themselves
for commission, and thereby enable
them to setve in the armed
forces of the hatibn in this hour
jOt gravMinejiePCy. and *t_the
same time take care of their dependants,
the Director stated.
Pending the formulation of
procedure with respect to this
matter, registrants desiring further
information regarding their
opportunity to volunteer for this
purpose were advised by the Director
to file their names and
addresses with their local boards.
Full information will be furnished
them as soon as it is available.
DRAMATICS CLASS AT
SYLVA HIGH SCHOOL
PRESENT PLAY TODAY
The Sylva High School dramatics
club presented the three
act comedy, "Cyclone Sally" at
the school today, before students
of the high school and elementary
school.
The players were Kate Harris,
Geneva Frady, Dorothy Sue Tallent,
Anne Soderquist, June
Bess, Orville Coward, Reeves
ToVin r?nrhin nnrl RillV
rvituiicn, wuxiA* m?? ?
Bird.
FARM SEOIRITr
FOR II. S.BIHS
Jackson County employees of
Farm Security Administration
are participating 100 per cent
in the purchase of Defense
Savings stamps and bonds, according
to William G. Davis,
County FSA Supervisor.
Davis said that a voluntary
"Do Your Bit" organization has
been set up in almost every FSA
office throughout this 5-state
regional and that by regular,
systematic purchase of these
savings a total of $109,961 has
been purchased in the region to
date. Of this amount $54,110 was
purchased in January.
By states, bonds and stamps
purchased by FSA employees to
date are: Virginia, $22,631;
Tennessee, $18,328; Kentucky,
$20,990; West Virginia, $9,843;
North Carolina, $21,411; and
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eigh, North Carolina, $16,756.
Mrs. Mary Will Mitchell has
volunteered her services as
Group Agent in charge of Defense
Savings for the PSA office
here.
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HEED LEAVES
SCHOOL wont
FUrtsiom
Tht Catawba News-Enterprise
is ajlhority for the statement
that 'Rev. W. C. Reed will leave
schooj work to assume the pastorate
of the First Baptist
Church at Maiden, at the close
of the present school term.
i.Mr. Reed, a native of Sylva
township, former pastor of the
Sylva Baptist church, a graduate
of Wfestern Carolina Teachers
College, and formerly principal
of the Sylva schools, has been
principal of Ball's Creek school
in Catawba county since 1935.
Ball's Creek is one of the largest
rural schools in the State. Mr.
Reed was ordained to the ministry
in 1923, and graduated at
Wake Forest College in 1925.
In Catawba, he has served as
principal of the county Schoolmasters
club, president of the
South Piedmont Principals Club,
of which he is at present the
secretary. He has been closely
connected with the South Fork
Baptist Association, and is at
present the superintendent of
the South Fork Baptist Sunday
School convention, and is a
member of the association's executive
committee. The minister
and his family, which includes
his wife and two daughters.
Marcella, 12, and Mary Nell, .9,
will move to the Maiden Baptist
parsonage soon after school
closes at Ball's Creek. Their son,
Olin, 22, is employed at Lumber "
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ton, ana win soon join wie
armed forces of the United
States.
In speaking of Mr. Reed and
his work, the News-Enterprise
said:
"The News-Enterprise extends
congratulations to the commun^
'fty~an2f tfit ^TtgTe^trbh^fjfTthe
First Baptist church of Maiden
| in calling Rev. W. C. Reed to
become pastor of the Maiden
church.
Coming to Catawba county
seven years ago as principal of
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CULLOWHEE STUDENT
APPOINTED SECOND
LIEUTENANT IN ARMY
Homer Claude Jamison, a senior
at Western Carolina Teachers
College, has just been notified
of his appointment as Second
Lieutenant in the Field Artillery,
by President Roosevelt.
I Lieutenant Jamison hasn't yet
been assigned to active duty,
and will continue his studies at
the college until such assignment
is made. Lieutenant Jamison,
whose home is at Marion,
has been night clerk at Hotel
Carolina in Sylva for the past
two months.
WEBSTER STUDENTS
WIN IN CONTEST
Webster, .(March 11) ? Webster
students entered the "Vital
Regions of the World", scrap
book contest which was sponsored
by the Asheville Citizen.
The Webster P. T. A. gave a
prize of one dollar for the best
scrap book and fifty cents to
the two next best. Betty Davis
Libby Ann Cannon and C. J
Cowan took the prizes respectively.
Betty Davis won further recognition
from the Asheville Citizen
judges?the exact honor has
not been named at present.
c A1X7 lMAWTFITH
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Thomas A. (Bud) Rogers, son
of Mr. and Mrs. David Hugh
Rogers, of Cashier's Valley, has
written his parents that he has
seen Harold Monteith since the
attack at Pearl Harbor, and has
conversed with him. Young Monteith,
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Monteith, of Glenville, was
at one time reported as lost in
action; but his parents were
later notified that he was at
his post of duty and well.
Young Rogers is in the United
States Army, stationed at Schofield
Barracks.
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The Sylva High Hurricane won
the annual Western Carolina
Teachers College Invitation Bas- *
ketball Tournament^ for High *
Schools, last week. A beautiful 1
trophy was awarded the team
from Sylva High, by Dr. Hunter, <
president of the college. j
On Thursday afternoon, Sylva ]
defeated Burnsville 39-20. Friday <
morning the Hurricane took J
Etowah for a ride, 18-23. On 1
Friday night, the thriller of the 1
entire tournament went to Sylva 3
in the last seconds of play, when '
the Hurricane nosed out the !
Canton Bears, 30-31. 1
In the ? finals, on Saturday ]
night, Sylva's Hurrjcane defeated
Waynesville High 30-15. Many
Sylva fans went to the Breese i
Gymnasium to witness the final
victory thaf brought the trophy
home to Sylva. 1
Immediately following this
game the trophies were presented.
The Bethel High girls won ,
in the girls' division.
J. C. Aiken and Clyde Rector
were chosen all-tournament
players, from Sylva. Harry
Smith, another of Sylva's stars,
was chosen to the second team.
On Friday of this week, the
boys will go to Canton to enter
the Blue Ridge Conference
Mars Mill high at *2: (Mi in the
afternoon.
Up to now, the Hurricane has
won 21 high school games this
season, losing none.
WEBSTER PTA HEARS
COUNTY HOME AGENT
Webster (March 11) ? The
Parent - Teachers Associatipn
met Wednesday afternoon, "^he
devotional was given by Rev. J.
Brown. The members then voted
to have the pre-school clinic at
Webster High School this spring,
date to be announced.
The P. T. A. president, Mrs.
Ernest Lewis, was named as
delegate to the state P. T. A.
Convention which is to be held
in Greensboro, April 5-9.
Miss Hannah Cowan, Mrs. Jim
Clements and Mrs. D. D. Davis
were selected as nominating
committee for the incoming officers.
Miss Margaret Martin, home
demonstration agent, gave an
interesting and appropriate talk
on "Are We Well Housed", In
which she urged each family
to do what it can with what it
has to improve the morale of
homes and community. She
closed her talk by showing slides
of North Carolina homes.*
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Jack Dillard, 17 year old son
: of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dillard, of
. Sylya, R. F. D. 1, who is in the
United states Marine Corps,
wishes to thank the people of |
Jackson County for the Christmas
gifts he has recently rei
ceived.
He left Portsmouth, Virginia,
i before Christmas, and arrived at
1 his destination on February 22.
i He celebrated * Christmas on
February 23, almost 60 days late,
, and under a tropical sun.
Jack says he hopes and believes
the American civilian
population will back up the serv;
ice men; and he is- sure the Marines
will live up to the Aiheri;
can traditidn of the marines, as
shown by the defenders of Wak$
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Nominate I
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If
The Republicans of the .
rwelfth Congressional Dislrict, v 9
lolding their convention in Sylfa
today, nominated Gola P.
Ferguson, of Cullowhee forCon;ress.
Mr. Ferguson, a native of
SnnnAmKa HvaH fftr SPVPrn.1
LIUlIUVlliMV) MVV%* aw.
fears in Swain County before
moving to Jackson. He represented
Swain in the General Assembly
of 1917, and later served
is sheriff of that county.
George M. Pritchard of AsheirUle,
a former member of congress
from this district, delivered
Lhe keynote speech at the conyention.
The convention was called to i?ji
Drder by Irwin Monk, Asheville
attorney, who is retiring chairman
of the Republican executive
;ommittee of the district. Mr.
Monk called E. P. Stillwell, Sylya
attorney to the chair, and he
presided over the convention.
Halsey B. Levett was chairman
Df the resolutions committee;
and Hugh Monteith, Sylva attorney,
was chairman of the
platform committee. . i
The convention named the
following as the executive* committee
for the district: James J.
Pace, Henderson, Hugh Monteith,
Jackson, Lewis P. Hamlin,
Transylvania, Ben H. Taylor, J
Buncombe, S. A. DeHart, Swain,
I. H. Powell, Haywood, Clyde H.
Jarrett, Cherokee, and Theodore
Jenkins, Graham.
Following Mr. Ferguson's
nomination, he made a short
talk, in which he stated that
he plans to make an active campaign
through the district.
Mr. Pritchard stated in his
keynote address that he was
happy over the selection of Mr. , 4 ]
Ferguson. ^
I have known Mr. Ferguson
for many years", Mr. Pritchard
stated, "and I have learned to
respect him as a high-minded
public spirited citizen of firm
convictions. He has been v^ry
active in the interest of the
party and is widely known
among Republicans of the district
who have great confidence
in his ability and his candidacv.
"There is one thing upon which
all good Americans are agreed:
It is that the United. States and
her allies must and will win this
world-wide wai. There must not
be any politics?Democratic or
Republican?that would delay or
hinder final victory which is
certain to come. Unity and efficiency
are the watchwords of
al] true American citizens today.
"The Republican party in the
last war stood loyally behind the
party in power. The Republican
party, in this far more devasta- *'J
ting conflict, solidly joined the 'j|
Democrats in the national congress
in supporting the declaration
of war following Pearl Harbor.
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A Dangerous Pastime
"It is a dangerous pastime for 7$
the ^American people to indulge
in reckless criticism of the con- $5
gress. It is essentially the peo- i
pie's branch of the government.
It is composed of their own fre- ijl
quently elected representatives. I
It is their safeguard against unwarranted
encroachments upon 1
their liberties, either by the ex- fSS
ecutive on the one hand or th?
courts on the other.
"The suppression of the legislation
body is always the first J
step toward the overthrow of
popular government and the establishment
of dictatorship. We I
must zealously guard ana respeet
our legislative branch of /J
government, but it was unseemly
and out of place for members
of the congress to vote themselves
pensions in the midst of ,1
this great national crisis. The
people were justly indignant and
the public properly forced re-"
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Mr. Pritchard said that the
quality of statesmanship in the
U. S. senate today is not as high * |l
as it was before senators were M
elected by popular yote. The "
comparison of senators of today
with such men as Webster, Cal- v > &
houn, Clay, and Vance is start- .?jj
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